'Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites' wins award from the Geoscience Information Society

The Springer book Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood has been awarded the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award 2009 by the Geoscience Information Society. This Award, established in 2005, recognizes and honors significant contributions to the geoscience information profession.

"Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is becoming more and more popular as a pastime. Those fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise themselves as natural rocks over time, and it takes a trained eye - along with the information in Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites - to recognize them. Equipment and techniques are covered in detail, along with a complete and fully illustrated guide to what you might find and where you might find it.

BBC Sky at Night Magazine wrote, "This groundbreaking book … is the most concise guide to date on every aspect of this fascinating field. The authors combine the collecting, study and hunting of meteorites with good advice on equipment and identification techniques. … This is an impressive book containing everything you need to know about these remarkable cosmic treasures."

Source: Springer